Shillong, Feb. 2 -- The Coordination Committee for International Border (CCIB) has opposed fencing of some border areas in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya along the international border with Bangladesh, stating that the land owners do not want to lose their lands.
"If the fence is erected 150 yards away from the Zero Line, the landowners would be deprived of their land," CCIB General Secretary Kmen Myrchiang said. When fencing can happen in 5 to 10 metres from the zero line in Tripura, Myrchiang asked why the same yardstick can be applied in Meghalaya as well, he asked.
Stating that the border residents are not aware of the 2011 India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Protocol, signed on September 6, 2011, Myrchiang asked, "Why we as land...